Song of Solomon Humor

Babylon Bee strikes again.

Free eBook: Source Criticism

Wipf and Stock is offering a free eBook copy of Source Criticism by Joel Baden. Act quickly because the deal ends on 5/15. Here are the instructions to get your copy.

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Blogaversary

This is a bit late, but on April 12 I completed 18 years of blogging. Much has changed personally since my first blog post in 2008 but my interests are about the same. I am grateful for all who have stopped by over the years.

Numbers 5:11–31

Numbers 5:11–31 is a difficult passage for many faithful interpreters. The trial by ordeal stipulated in the text seems strange to many modern readers. Hanna Lis does not resolve the issues but her treatment here is interesting both in her survey of rabbinic interpretations and in her suggestion of the purpose of the practice.

The Latest Issue of the Review of Biblical Literature

The latest issue of Review of Biblical Literature is out. Reviews can be accessed by clicking the links below but unfortunately you must be a SBL member to read them.

Shay Bar and Adam Zertal, The Manasseh Hill Country Survey Volume 6: The Eastern Samaria Shoulder, from Nahal Tirzah (Wadi Far'ah) to Ma’ale Ephraim Junction (Brill)
Joshua Schwartz

Philip Freeman, Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Yale University Press)
Elijah Wreh

Christian Grappe, Manuel d’exégèse du Nouveau Testament (Labor et Fides)
Luca Marulli

Nijay K. Gupta, The Affections of Christ Jesus: Love at the Heart of Paul’s Theology (Eerdmans)
Jerry L. Sumney

Peter C. W. Ho, Habakkuk and Zephaniah: A Pastoral and Contextual Commentary (Langham Global Library)
S. D. (Fanie) Snyman

Mark Reasoner, Five Models of Scripture (Eerdmans)
David Brown

Stephen J. Shoemaker, Creating the Qur’an: A Historical-Critical Study (University of California Press)
Kurt Anders Richardson

Josey Bridges Snyder, Lot’s Wife in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions (SBL Press)
Susanne Scholz

Nancy Nam Hoon Tan, Resisting Rape Culture: The Hebrew Bible and Hong Kong Sex Workers (Routledge)
Addison R. Schievelbein

Emmanuel Weiss, De 2 à 4 Maccabées: Étude d'une réécriture (Mohr Siebeck)
Maria Brutti